Alison Elliott
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After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm. As she struggles with her sister's mental illness and her own epilepsy, Ivy realizes they might need more than she can give. Jane Forrester, Grace County's newest social worker, doesn't realize just how much her help is needed. Drawn in by the Hart women, she begins to discover the dark secrets of the...
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A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Edith Wharton's final novel set in the early 1870s. Seen through the eyes of a family governess, four ambitious American girls secure husbands and position in England in order to live happily ever after. But life bears little resemblance to the fairytales; and castles appear a lot less magical when you have to live in them. They soon find themselves trapped by the trappings of wealth, and discover that beneath...
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Buccaneers volume 1
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The holiday atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island, is shattered when Conchita Closson, a New York debutante, announces her engagement to a British aristocrat.
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Buccaneers volume 4
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Conchita is disillusioned by her marriage, and Nan meets Julius Folyat - who is immediately attracted to her.
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Buccaneers volume 6
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Julius insists that Nan continue with their façade of a marriage, but Nan is unable to deny her love for Guy.
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Buccaneers volume 3
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Virginia makes an unpleasant discovery about her new husband and gives birth to a son.
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Buccaneers volume 2
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The St. Georges set about finding an English governess for their youngest daughter and, having arrived in London, the Buccaneers proceed to take English society by storm.
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Buccaneers volume 5
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Lizzy marries rising MP Hector Robinson and Conchita asks for Nan's help with her unwanted pregnancy.